The plot, or product thickens

God I love beanbags

After thinking about the cocoon i want to have the middle comfortable and cosy. I personally love beanbags and i think adding it to the chair will make it so much more versitile. If the bean bag comes out the chair then it can be used in more places and swapped for other bean bags. Ill look at fabrics for the bean bag.

The start of the idea

From my first drawing of this idea (top left) I have over the process changed the shape and changed how it looks but the concept of the hood and idea of escapism has stayed the same. I changed the shape from a long oval to a circle for several reasons. The circle is more firendly and more room friendly i feel and is less coffin like. I felt the oval was a little off putting beacuse it looked a little like a coffin and the point of the chair is to inspire a more warming way to esacpe. I am happy with the shape now but will now looking at the smaller details, such as how it close and what its made of .

So whats actually out there ?

    To start this project off I thought i would show what is already out there and whats similar. I had the idea in my head or a rough idea of what i wanted to achieve but I would like to show whats there now. My idea is passed on escapism and how we as people want to be able to sometime just close off from the world and escape to a place we feel safe and cut off

These chairs use the idea of a cocoon, a idea simliar to mine. All the chairs use big encolsed shapes and try surrond the user and give a cocoon feel. This is not so enclosed to the point its suffocate the user but gives enough breathable space.

Large curved shapes make these chairs feel like you as the user are entering a cocoon and a safe area. The safe and comfort come from the cushioned seating and the warm colours, the chairs are like the cocoon in the idea but are not in colour .

My idea i have started with is similar to the features here. But there is much room for development and improvement.